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Todd Blackadder has addressed the Alun Wyn Jones to Bath rumours

By Christopher Devine
Alun Wyn Jones during the Ospreys’ Champions Cup clash with Northampton Saints

Bath director of rugby Todd Blackadder has rubbished suggestions the club will make a move for Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones at the end of the 2017-18 season.

A report last week suggested Bath had targeted Jones, who has spent his entire career to date with the Ospreys.

However, Blackadder told the Bath Chronicle: "He's not out of contract I don't think, is he? He won't be coming to Bath."

One of the most highly rated forwards in the northern hemisphere, Jones has earned 113 caps for Wales - a tally topped only by prop Gethin Jenkins.

He has also played every Test of the last three Lions tours.

Yet Blackadder appears content with the second-row options at his disposal, adding: "All the guys we've got, we're currently retaining."